Oracle rises after company announces $50 billion fundraising plans. Here’s what’s happening

Oracle rises after company announces  billion fundraising plans. Here’s what’s happening

Data center giant Oracle‘s stock rose 2% in Monday morning trading, after the company announced plans to raise up to $50 billion to develop additional capacity for customers. Hyperscalers have scrambled to build the infrastructure needed to power AI, with data center deals hitting a record $61 billion in 2025 and multiple big tech firms … Read more

Nvidia shares are down 2% after a report that its OpenAI investment stalled. Here’s what’s happening

Nvidia shares are down 2% after a report that its OpenAI investment stalled. Here’s what’s happening

Nvidia President and CEO Jensen Huang speaks to the media as he arrives for a meeting with the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Nvidia’s stock fell in premarket trading Monday after reports emerged that the chipmaker’s plans to invest $100 billion into … Read more

United Arab Emirates’ ‘Spy Sheikh’ bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ

United Arab Emirates’ ‘Spy Sheikh’ bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ

UAE National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on March 18, 2025. Courtesy: Donald J. Trump | Via Truth Social A government official and top royal from the United Arab Emirates purchased a $500 million stake in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture last … Read more

Amazon wraps controversial week ahead of ‘Melania’ premier, fourth-quarter earnings

Amazon wraps controversial week ahead of ‘Melania’ premier, fourth-quarter earnings

Movie posters for the documentary “Melania” featuring U.S. first lady Melania Trump are displayed in a New York City subway station, in New York, U.S., Jan. 14, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters It was a turbulent week for Amazon. From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s … Read more

S&P 500 touches record 7,000 level, but gain fades as Fed keeps rates on hold: Live updates

S&P 500 touches record 7,000 level, but gain fades as Fed keeps rates on hold: Live updates

A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The S&P 500 reached a milestone level on Wednesday, hitting 7,000 … Read more

This university campus is heated by an AI data center. Your home could be next

This university campus is heated by an AI data center. Your home could be next

Students at a tech university in Dublin are enjoying an unexpected perk of artificial intelligence — it’s helping heat their campus. Since 2023, the Technological University of Dublin’s Tallaght campus has been one of a growing number of buildings in the southwest suburban area of the city to be heated by waste heat from a … Read more

Nvidia set to supplant Apple as TSMC’s top customer, signaling chip industry’s ‘changing dynamic’

Nvidia set to supplant Apple as TSMC’s top customer, signaling chip industry’s ‘changing dynamic’

C.C. Wei, CEO of TSMC, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, interact on stage during TSMC’s annual sports day in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 8, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters When Jensen Huang first met Morris Chang decades ago, he told the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. that one day Nvidia would be the chip … Read more

CoreWeave stock jumps 9% as Nvidia invests $2 billion to expand AI data center capacity

CoreWeave stock jumps 9% as Nvidia invests  billion to expand AI data center capacity

Michael Intrator, CEO of Coreweave, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20th, 2026. Oscar Molina | CNBC Shares of CoreWeave popped 9% in premarket trading on Monday after Nvidia announced it has invested $2 billion in the artificial intelligence infrastructure provider. Nvidia purchased CoreWeave Class A … Read more

Nvidia and Alphabet VC arms back AI startup Synthesia at $4 billion valuation

Nvidia and Alphabet VC arms back AI startup Synthesia at  billion valuation

Nvidia and Alphabet’s VC arms have backed British AI startup Synthesia in a $200 million funding round, amid a surge of private investment in promising young tech companies seeking to capitalize on the AI boom. The round sees Synthesia hit a $4 billion valuation and was led by Alphabet’s GV, with participation from Evantic, Hedosophia, … Read more

From Bill Gates to Emmanuel Macron: How the world’s most powerful people communicate and exert influence

From Bill Gates to Emmanuel Macron: How the world’s most powerful people communicate and exert influence

French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing sunglasses, speaks during a meeting on the institutional future of New Caledonia at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Jan. 16, 2026. Yoan Valat | Via Reuters Every January, the world’s most powerful people gather on the snowy peaks of Davos to talk about the most pressing global issues, and … Read more